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Abstract Number: 2602 • ACR Convergence 2023
Spatially Resolved Cellular Signatures Predict Corticosteroid Treatment Response in Giant Cell Arteritis
Cecilia Ansalone¹, Sam McAllister², Ethan Pickerill³, Lin Zhang³, Annie Peacock², Dominic McGovern⁴, Holly Leslie⁵, Victoria Kellior², Evelyn Qian², David Gemperline³, Aysin Tulunay Virlan², Sylvia Wright⁶, Paul Cauchi⁶, Timothy Beckman⁶, Lisa Hutton⁶, John Cole¹, Isabella Wulur³, Robert Benschop³, Nigel Jamieson⁵, Carl Goodyear¹ and Neil Basu¹, ¹University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ²University of Glasgow - School of Infection & Immunity, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ³Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴University of Glasgow - School of Medicine, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Glasgow - School of Cancer Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁶NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Corticosteroids (CS) remain the mainstay of giant cell arteritis (GCA) therapy. Between ~30-70% patients relapse following CS taper and are consequently at risk of…
Abstract Number: PP11 • ACR Convergence 2023
We Suffered For Decades, But Then She Was Born
Ian Stedman¹ and Barbara Stedman², ¹Canadian Autoinflammatory Network, Vaughan, ON, Canada, ²Canadian Autoinflammatory Network, Turkey Point, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: I was born in 1981; my mother in 1949; and my grandmother in 1926. Our story runs at least four generations deep, that we…
Abstract Number: 2601 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identification of Giant Cell Arteritis Using Plasma Proteome Profiles Integrated with Machine Learning
kevin cunningham¹, Jaeyun Sung², Benjamin Hur², VINOD GUPTA², Matthew Koster², Cornelia M. Weyand³, David Cuthbertson⁴, Nader Khalidi⁵, Curry Koening⁶, Carol Langford⁷, Carol McAlear⁸, Paul Monach⁹, Larry Moreland¹⁰, Christian Pagnoux¹¹, Rennie Rhee⁸, Philip Seo¹², Peter Merkel⁸ and Kenneth Warrington², ¹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Stanford University, Rochester, MN, ⁴University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁵McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Texas Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, ⁷Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ¹⁰University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ¹¹Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: The availability of diagnostic laboratory tests and specific biomarkers of disease activity for giant cell arteritis (GCA) remains an area of unmet need. The…
Abstract Number: PP06 • ACR Convergence 2023
Dana’s Data Dashboard: Applying a Familiar Framework for Efficient and Effective Health Management
Dana Guglielmo, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: As a researcher and data analyst, I enjoy the meticulous attention to detail that my work requires. I love the process of collecting, analyzing,…
Abstract Number: 2477 • ACR Convergence 2023
Anifrolumab Normalizes the Type I Interferon Signature in a Cohort of Patients with Type I Interferonopathies
Sara Alehashemi¹, Alexi Baumgardner², Bita Shakoory³, Adriana Almeida de Jesus², Sophia Park², Kat Uss², Maria P. Robles⁴, Karin Palmblad⁵, Annacarine Horne⁵, Peter Brodin⁵, Shoghik Akoghlanian⁶, Roshini Abraham⁷, Peter Mustillo⁷, Lilliana Barillas-Arias⁸, Andrea Heras⁹, Theresa Wampler Muskardin¹⁰, Monica G. Lawrence¹¹, Hannah C. Mannem¹¹, Brian E. Nolan¹², Scott Canna¹³, Adam Reinhardt¹⁴, Bryce Binstadt¹⁵ and Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky¹⁶, ¹NIH/NIAID/TADS, Clarksville, MD, ²NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³NIH, NIAID, Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Study Unit, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ⁵Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁷Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁸Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, ⁹Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ¹⁰Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹¹University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ¹²Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL, ¹³Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁴Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, ¹⁵University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁶NIH/NIAID, Potomac, MD
Background/Purpose: Autoinflammatory Type I Interferonopathies (IFNopathies) include SAVI (STING-associated vasculopathy with onset in infancy), CANDLE/PRASS (Chronic atypical neutrophilic dermatosis, with lipodystrophy and elevated temperature), and…
Abstract Number: 2604 • ACR Convergence 2023
Premature Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Senescence Driven by Interleukin-6-Mitochondrial STAT3-Mitofusin 2 Signaling in Takayasu’s Arteritis
Chenglong Fang¹, Lihong Du¹, Lili Li², Yuexin Chen³, Zuoguan Chen⁴, Yongjun Li⁴, Jing Li¹, Mengtao Li⁵, xiaofeng Zeng⁶ and Xinping Tian⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ²The State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ³Department of Vascular Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ⁴Department of Vascular Surgery, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology; Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, ⁵Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK) is characterized by persistent vascular inflammation involving aorta and its main branches, which is an important prosenescent factor that in turn…
Abstract Number: 2368 • ACR Convergence 2023
Is Skin Disease a Local Manifestation of Systemic Tissue Turnover? Serological Collagen Biomarkers Provide Important Information on Skin Diseases Arising from Mutations in Collagen Genes
Signe Holm Nielsen¹, Matej Anđelić², Dovile Sinkeviciute¹, Anne-Christine Bay-Jensen¹ and Morten Karsdal¹, ¹Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ²Nordic Bioscience, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Collagens are the main constituents of the skin. Genetic mutations in type VI, VII, and XVII collagen cause skin diseases, such as atopic dermatitis,…
Abstract Number: 2374 • ACR Convergence 2023
Torque Teno Virus as a Potential Biomarker for Assessment of Immunocompetence in Patients with ANCA-associated Vasculitis
Balazs Odler¹, Regina Riedl¹, Jacinta Lee², Laura Cooney³, Peter Merkel⁴, William St.Clair⁵, Duvuru Geetha⁶, Paul Monach⁷, David Jayne², Rona Smith², Paul A. Lyons², Mark Little⁸, Salem Almaani⁹, Alexander Rosenkranz¹, Ulrich Specks¹⁰, John Stone¹¹ and Andreas Kronbichler¹², ¹Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, ²University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ³Immune Tolerance Network, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ⁸Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁹Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ¹⁰Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹¹Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Concord, MA, ¹²Department of Internal Medicine IV (Nephrology and Hypertension), Innsbruck, Austria
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a life-threatening disorder characterized by a relapsing-remitting disease course necessitating immunosuppression to control disease activity. Balancing the risks of infection…
Abstract Number: 2364 • ACR Convergence 2023
Circulating CTHRC1 Levels Are Associated with Disease Severity and Predict Survival in Systemic Sclerosis
Monica Yang¹, Seoyeon Lee², Lisa Hazelwood³, Dean Sheppard¹, Francesco Boin⁴ and Paul Wolters¹, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ³AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁴Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Despite recent advances in systemic sclerosis (SSc), there remains a paucity of clinically actionable biomarkers to assess disease severity and predict progression. Collagen triple…
Abstract Number: 2316 • ACR Convergence 2023
Effect of SARS-CoV2 Infection on Disease Flares in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case-control Study
Chi Chiu Mok¹, Chris Cheung², Chi Hung To³, Kar Li Kelly Chan⁴ and SAU MEI TSE⁵, ¹Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ²Rutonjee Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ³Pok Oi Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁴Tuen Mun Hospital, Shatin, China, ⁵Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Background/Purpose: To study the effect of SARS-CoV2 infection on disease flares in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).Methods: Patients who fulfilled the ACR or SLICC…
Abstract Number: PP10 • ACR Convergence 2023
Saved by Plants: How a Necessary Lifestyle Change Led to a Happier Life with Decreased Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain and Fatigue
Shelley Fritz, Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY
Background/Purpose: After my RA diagnosis over eleven years ago, I was optimistic that the first biologic DMARD I took would slow the progression of my…
Abstract Number: 2487 • ACR Convergence 2023
Phase 2 Safety and Efficacy of Subcutaneous (s.c.) Dose Ianalumab (VAY736; Anti-BAFFR mAb) Administered Monthly over 28 Weeks in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) of Moderate-to-Severe Activity
Nan Shen¹, Stanislav Ignatenko², Alexander Gordienko³, Josefina Cortés Hernández⁴, Nancy Agmon-Levin⁵, Pongthorn Narongroeknawin⁶, Katarzyna Romanowska -Prochnicka⁷, Hana Ciferska⁸, Masanari Kodera⁹, James Cheng-Chung Wei¹⁰, Piotr Leszczynski¹¹, Joung-Liang Lan¹², Eduardo Mysler¹³, Rafal Wojciechowski¹⁴, Tunde Tarr¹⁵, Elena Vishneva¹⁶, Yi-Hsing Chen¹⁷, Yuko Kaneko¹⁸, Stephanie Finzel¹⁹, Alberta Hoi²⁰, Ajchara Koolvisoot²¹, Shin-Seok Lee²², Lie Dai²³, Hiroshi Kaneko²⁴, Bernadette Rojkovich²⁵, Lingyun Sun²⁶, Eugeny Zotkin²⁷, Jean-Francois Viallard²⁸, Masao Katayama²⁹, Berta Paula Magallares-Lopez³⁰, Tirtha Sengupta³¹, Carol Sips³² and Stephen J Oliver³², ¹Shanghai Institute of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTUSM), Shanghai, China, ²Charité Research Organisation GmbH, Berlin, Germany, ³SM Kirov Military Medical Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia, ⁴Lupus Unit, Rheumatology Department, Vall d’Hebron Hospitals, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Yabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Disease, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁶Rheumatic Disease Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Phramongkutklao Hospital and College of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand, ⁷Department of Systemic Connective Tissue Diseases, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland, ⁸Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁹Department of Dermatology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ¹⁰Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Taichung, Taiwan, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medicine Sciences, Poznan, PL, Poznań, Poland, ¹²China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ¹³Organizacion Medica de Investigacion, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology and Systemic Connective Tissue Diseases, University Hospital No. 2, Bydgoszcz, Poland, ¹⁵Division of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, ¹⁶LLC Family Clinic, Yekaterinburg, RU, Yekaterinburg, Russia, ¹⁷Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ¹⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ²⁰Monash University, Department of Medicine, Sub-faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Melbourne, Australia, ²¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ²²Chonnam National University Medical School & Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, ²⁴Division of Rheumatic Disease, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Polyclinic of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, ²⁶Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China, ²⁷VA Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia, ²⁸CHU de Bordeaux, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France, ²⁹National Hospital Organization, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, JP, Nagoya, Japan, ³⁰Department of Rheumatology, Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ³¹Novartis Pharma India, Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, ³²Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Ianalumab is a novel defucosylated human IgG1 mAb targeting the receptor for B cell Activating Factor belonging to the TNF Family (BAFF-R) providing potent…
Abstract Number: 2173 • ACR Convergence 2023
Window of Opportunity in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis-Interstitial Lung Disease with Abatacept. National Multicenter Study of 509 Patients
Ana Serrano-Combarro¹, Belén Atienza-Mateo², libe Ibarrola-Paino³, Ivette Casafont-Sole⁴, Rafael Benito Melero-Gonzalez⁵, Alba Perez Linaza⁶, Santos Castañeda⁷, Rafaela Ortega Castro⁸, Natalia Mena Vazquez⁹, Nuria Vegas Revenga¹⁰, Lucia Cristina Dominguez Casas¹¹, Cilia Peralta¹², Trinidad Pérez-Sandoval¹³, Lorena Perez-Albadalejo¹⁴, Ruben Lopez-Sanchez¹⁵, MARIA GUADALUPE MANZANO CANABAL¹⁶, Anahy Maria Brandy-Garcia¹⁷, Patricia Lopez-Viejo¹⁸, Gema Bonilla¹⁹, Olga Maiz-Alonso²⁰, Carmen carrasco-Cubero²¹, Marta Garijo Bufort²², Mireia Moreno²³, Ana Urruticoechea²⁴, Sergio Ordonez-Palau²⁵, Carmen Gonzalez-Montagut Gomez²⁶, andrea Garcia-Valle²⁷, Juan Ramon De Dios Jimenez De Aber²⁸, Fernando Lozano²⁹, Tomás Vazquez-Rodriguez³⁰, Maria Martin-Lopez³¹, Juan Maria Blanco-Madrigal³², Delia Fernández-Lozano³³, Ignacio Brana Abascal³⁴, Jesus Loarce-Martos³⁵, Emilio Giner-Serret³⁶, Virginia Ruiz-Esquide³⁷, Clara ventin-Rodriguez³⁸, Marina Rodriguez-lopez³⁹, Pablo Andujar-Brazal⁴⁰, Julia Fernandez-Melon⁴¹, Lilian Maria Lopez⁴², carlos Fernandez-Diaz⁴³, Javier Loricera⁴⁴, Ivan Ferraz Amaro⁴⁵, Diego Ferrer⁴⁶, Ricardo Blanco⁴⁷ and On behalf of the Collaborative Group Members⁴⁸, ¹Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ⁵CHU Vigo, O Carballino, Spain, ⁶SERV. REUMATOLOGIA, Cadiz, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain, ⁹IBIMA, Málaga, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Galdakao- Usansolo, Galdakao, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universtario San Agustin, Oviedo, Spain, ¹²Hospital Clínico Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain, ¹³Hospital de León, León, Spain, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Jaén, Jaén, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ¹⁶CAZA, Salamanca, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ¹⁸Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Severo Ochoa, Leganéz, Spain, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²⁰University Hospital Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain, ²¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain, ²²Hospital de Sagunto, Valencia, Spain, ²³Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari, I3PT(UAB), Barcelona, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain, ²⁵H. Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain, ²⁶H. Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain, ²⁷Division of Rheumatology, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Palencia, Palencia, Spain, ²⁸Hospital de Araba, Alava, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ³⁰Rheumatology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ferrol, A Coruña, Spain, ³¹Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ³²Division of Rheumatology, H. Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ³³Hospital de Mérida, Merida, Spain, ³⁴Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, ³⁵Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ³⁶Hospital Royo Villanova, Teruel, Spain, ³⁷Hospital Clinic, Rheumatology, Barcelona, Spain, ³⁸Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ³⁹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, La Coruna, Spain, ⁴⁰Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain, ⁴¹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ⁴²Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer, Mallorca, Spain, ⁴³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Murcia, Spain, ⁴⁴Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴⁵Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁴⁶Division of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴⁷Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴⁸Spanish Collaborative Group of Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spain, Spain
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a severe complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Abatacept (ABA) has demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of RA-ILD, especially if…
Abstract Number: 0607 • ACR Convergence 2023
CAR T Cell Therapy Leads to Long-term Abrogation of Autoimmunity in SLE Patients While Vaccination Responses Are Maintained
Georg Schett¹, Luis Munoz², Jule Taubmann³, Michael Aigner⁴, Christina Bergmann⁵, Johannes Knitza⁶, Gerhard Kroenke⁷, Dagmar Werner², Fabian Müller⁸ and Andreas Mackensen⁴, ¹Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ²FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology and Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine 3 Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Charite Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: We have previously shown that CD19 CAR T cell therapy leads to stable drug-free remission of treatment-resistant SLE (1,2). Based on these findings we…
Abstract Number: 0613 • ACR Convergence 2023
Quantification of Skin Hardness of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Using SOFTGRAM
Hiraku Kokubu¹, Yasuaki Ikuno¹, Kazuyuki Uchiyama¹, Miwa Kato¹, Mayuka Yamamoto¹, Haruki Asada¹, Satona Rikitake¹, Yoshimichi Kobayashi¹, Takahiro Koike¹, Syuji Sugiura¹, Takuma Hayami¹, Kensuke Yoneta¹, Toshifumi Takahashi¹, Bunpei Yamamoto¹, Takeshi Kato¹, Yoshito Kunisaki², Makoto Nakatani², Kohei Okamoto² and Noriki Fujimoto¹, ¹Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan, ²ISHIDA MEDICAL CO.,LTD., Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: No quantitative and objective methods for measuring skin hardness have been established. Japanese technology leads the world in the tactile sensor field, and SOFTGRAM…

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